Venezuela’s Parliament intends to stop the country’s withdrawal from the Organization of American States
The President of Venezuela at the end of April said that the country will never return to the regional bloc.
WASHINGTON, may 4. /TASS/. The Venezuelan national Assembly, under the control of the opposition, will hamper the country’s exit from the Organization of American States (OAS).
This was stated in the capital of the United States, the speaker of Parliament Julio Borges following the meeting with Secretary General of the regional bloc Luis Almagro. In late April, Venezuela sent Almagro signed by President Nicolas Maduro’s official statement that it was leaving the OAS.
“We came here to slow down the exit of Venezuela from the OAS, we present the documents which suspend this process — quoted Borges electronic version of the newspaper El Nacional. — As you know, (President) Nicolas Maduro made the unilateral decision to leave the organization, and this process should be canceled.” According to the speaker, currently, the OAS is given a list of “legal arguments to prove the illegality of the exit procedure”, which should take two years.
Maduro at the end of April, said that Venezuela will never return to the regional bloc.
The Minister of foreign Affairs of the South American country DELSY Rodriguez warned that Venezuela could leave the OAS if it will hold a meeting of foreign Ministers on the situation in the country without her consent. The decision to organize this meeting was taken April 26.